All 17 Uses of
consequence
in
The House of Mirth
- In consequence of this hint, Lily found herself the centre of that feminine solicitude which envelops a young woman in the mating season.
Chpt 1.4 (definition 1)consequence = result
- This tallied with the assurance, also confidentially imparted, that, never having played bridge before, she had been "dragged into it" on the night of her arrival, and had lost an appalling amount of money in consequence of her ignorance of the game and of the rules of betting.
Chpt 1.5 (definition 1)
- In sending her the cheque he had explained that he had made five thousand for her out of Rosedale's "tip," and had put four thousand back in the same venture, as there was the promise of another "big rise"; she understood therefore that he was now speculating with her own money, and that she consequently owed him no more than the gratitude which such a trifling service demanded.
Chpt 1.8 (definition 1)consequently = resultantly (as a result)
- The consequence is the dinner gets cold, and I have dyspepsia.
Chpt 1.10 (definition 1)consequence = result
- Miss Stepney was not sufficiently familiar with the classic drama to have recalled in advance how bearers of bad tidings are proverbially received, but she now had a rapid vision of forfeited dinners and a reduced wardrobe as the possible consequence of her disinterestedness.
Chpt 1.11 (definition 1)
- But if you have run into debt, you must suffer the consequences
Chpt 1.15 (definition 1) *consequences = results (of that)
- Of course she had meant to clear herself of its consequences before she met him—she had never really doubted that Mrs. Peniston would come to her aid.†
Chpt 1.15 (definition 1)
- I'm confoundedly gone on you—that's about the size of it—and I'm just giving you a plain business statement of the consequences.†
Chpt 1.15 (definition 1)
- As the gig traversed the short distance between the quay and the yacht, Lily grew more than ever alarmed at the possible consequences of her long absence.†
Chpt 2.2 (definition 1)
- Selden knew that Bertha would fight to the last round of powder: the rashness of her conduct was illogically combined with a cold determination to escape its consequences.†
Chpt 2.3 (definition 1)
- Even at the actual moment of her break with the Dorsets she had not had so keen a sense of its consequences, for the Duchess of Beltshire, hearing of the catastrophe from Lord Hubert, had instantly offered her protection, and under her sheltering wing Lily had made an almost triumphant progress to London.†
Chpt 2.4 (definition 1)
- She saw, too, in the same uncompromising light, the train of consequences resulting from that failure; and these became clearer to her with every day of her weary lingering in town.†
Chpt 2.4 (definition 1)
- Gerty had but an obscure conception of what Lily's actual experience had been: but its consequences had established a lasting hold on her pity since the memorable night when she had offered up her own secret hope to her friend's extremity.†
Chpt 2.5 (definition 1)
- As became persons of their rising consequence, the Gormers were engaged in building a country-house on Long Island; and it was a part of Miss Bart's duty to attend her hostess on frequent visits of inspection to the new estate.
Chpt 2.6 (definition 2) *consequence = importance or significance (often used in that day to refer to wealth)
- Once confronted with it, however, she went the full length of its consequences; and these had never been more clearly present to her than when, the next afternoon, she set out for a walk with Rosedale.†
Chpt 2.7 (definition 1)
- He put it to her as if she had not grasped the consequences of her act; as if her incorrigible ignorance of business were about to precipitate her into a fresh act of folly.†
Chpt 2.10 (definition 1)
- "So that I was prepared for the consequences," he corrected good-humouredly.†
Chpt 2.12 (definition 1)
Definitions:
-
(1) (consequence as in: a direct consequence of) a result of something (often an undesired side effect)
-
(2) (consequence as in: of little consequence) importance or relevance